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Full Skirt/Full Circle

This is the true story of two strangers talking over the door of a little dressing room in a big department store on the road to finding out what happens when friends become family. *** 13 years ago, I was obsessed with MTV's The Real World, the voyeuristic sensation that allowed viewers to fall in love (or in hate) with real ...

The truth is,

as I said yesterday, the days are still hard. I go to sleep very early every night in order to try to feel rested and to give my brain time to heal. But I dread it. I dread going to sleep because then it will be tomorrow, and tomorrow means my husband leaves and tomorrow means I'm ...

The hardest post I’ve ever written.

Since having my second child my world has changed in more ways than I could have imagined. As our triangle turned into a square (quite seamlessly in many ways, I should say), I have experienced love and joy that I had not yet known. And one positive thing that I have done has been starting 511, ...

The hardest post I’ve ever written, Part 1.

A Birth Story-My Sequel: Part 3

When we left off, I was being wheeled into the OR in the afternoon for a surprise C-Section, 4 days early, at 38.5 weeks and scared as hell. I am a very superstitious person and look for signs all around me. During the scary, unknown part of my first unexpected C-Section with my daughter, I was feeling helpless and ...

A second.

The time has arrived. The questions have commenced. I've seen the looks. I've caught the half-second-too-long-glances lingering over my mid-section (nope, sorry, it's just the chicken burritos, thank you very much.) People want to know when we're going to have a second child. They wonder. They whisper. They ask. And the answer is... Not yet. Fooled ya, didn't I?! But, it's a valid questions. ...

Grey Matter (, of fact).

"You think that true love is the only thing that can crush your heart; that will take your life and light it up or destroy it. Then you become a mother." -Meredith Grey, "She's Gone", Grey's Anatomy Well said, Mer. Well said. (And on a related note, holy tears!)

A Baby Story, Chapter 4

There’s been an accident. Suddenly, the world stopped. You see, hearing about an accident is jarring, for most, if not all, people. For me, it’s my greatest fear come true. Put it this way, If I can’t reach one of my loved ones for a half hour, I get jittery. If it’s been an hour and I still haven’t been able ...

ultraSurprise

When we became pregnant, nothing mattered to us besides having a healthy baby. It did not matter what day the doctors gave as a due date. We couldn’t have cared less about having a baby with a big nose or freckles or blue hair. And we most certainly did not care if we were having a boy or ...